WASD Most Influential Women 2024 Sustainability Awards

On Friday 8 March 2024, WASD held its annual International Women’s Day Conference. Prior to the conference, we asked for nominations for the Most Influential Women 2024 Sustainability Awards, and the winners were announced during the conference.

The awards video is available here: https://youtu.be/c7F7ZXpEVdY?si=5I5Wq-0qgreyvLLY and this is a brief summary of the nomination for each of the award winners.

  • Professor Basma El Zein
    General Director of Technology Valley
    University of Business and Technology (UBT)
    Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
    Overall Winner
  • Professor Muna Mahjoub Mohamed Ahmed
    Institute of Environmental Studies
    University of Khartoum
    Khartoum, Sudan
    First Runner-Up
  • Dr Nawal Osman El Degwi
    Founder and Director
    Modern Sciences and Arts University (MSA)
    Cairo, Egypt
    Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Professor Ogechi Adeola
    Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic)
    University of Kigali
    Rwanda
    Outstanding Career Achievement Award
  • Nour Youssef Nassar
    Director General, General Administration of Government Information Technology
    Vice President Arab Team for Artificial Intelligence, League of Arab States
    Palestine
    Outstanding Early Career Achievement AwardDetails of the conference can be found here https://lnkd.in/eFk-6VDV, the programme is here https://lnkd.in/gDxpgScp, and the presentation videos can be found here https://lnkd.in/gxN8EUSh.
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